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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
vitamin K
antioxidant - immune function
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
2. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
decrease in total lymphocyte count
can consume more calories without weight gain
albumin levels
protein
3. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
rickets - osteomalacia
6 oz. a day
liver and intestinal synthesis
4. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
2.5 cups
dairy and fortified foods
transferrin
starches - sugars - and cellulose
5. The higher the BMR a client has --
4 calories/gram
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
can consume more calories without weight gain
dietary approach to stop hypertension
6. What type of people need extra protein?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
B and C
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
vitamin C - citrus fruits
7. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
albumin levels
review of systems
TPN total parenteral nutrition
B and C
8. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
2 cups
review of systems
starches - sugars - and cellulose
9. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
atrophy or wasting of muscle
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
carrots and sweet potatoes
10. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
one week period
prealbumin levels
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
one tspn salt or less
11. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
protein
4 calories/gram
12. What does DASH stand for?
diet recall
dietary approach to stop hypertension
cream cheese - cream or butter
pregnant women or elderly
13. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
pregnant women or elderly
dark green - orange - drybeans
vitamin K
hemoglobin
14. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
albumin levels
protein and fat
4 calories/gram
essential amino acids
15. What function is vitamin D?
prealbumin levels
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
B and C
16. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
trans fatty acid
decrease in total lymphocyte count
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
17. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
300 cal/day increase
hemoglobin
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
starches - sugars - and cellulose
18. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
essential amino acids
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
antioxidant - immune function
19. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
carrots and sweet potatoes
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
3 cups
transferrin
20. What is the function of vitamin C?
rickets - osteomalacia
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vitamin C - citrus fruits
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
21. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
one tspn salt or less
decrease in total lymphocyte count
protein
6 oz. a day
22. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
prealbumin levels
500 cal/day
fat soluble vitamins
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
23. Fats can lead to some medical problems
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
hemoglobin
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
24. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
milk - enriched grains
prealbumin levels
pregnant women or elderly
25. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
3 cups
6 oz. a day
pregnant women or elderly
prealbumin levels
26. What function is vitamin A?
prealbumin levels
milk - enriched grains
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
antioxidant - immune function
27. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
2.5 cups
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
liver and intestinal synthesis
vitamin C - citrus fruits
28. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
protein
diet recall
fat soluble vitamins
milk - enriched grains
29. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
one week period
B and C
can consume more calories without weight gain
30. Sources of fats
protein
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
31. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
hemorrhage
300 cal/day increase
6 oz. a day
32. What is RDA of protein?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
protein
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
33. What is the function of vitamin E?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
antioxidant - immune function
pregnant women or elderly
diet recall
34. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
cream cheese - cream or butter
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
hemorrhage
35. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
fat soluble vitamins
one week period
3 cups
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
36. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
day week or month
5.5 ounces/day
37. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
pregnant women or elderly
38. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
antioxidant - immune function
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fats
essential amino acids
39. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
2 cups
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
40. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
rickets - osteomalacia
apple is higher risk than a pear
one tspn salt or less
41. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
antioxidant - immune function
atrophy or wasting of muscle
protein
day week or month
42. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
B and C
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
43. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
transferrin
cream cheese - cream or butter
fat soluble vitamins
4 calories/gram
44. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
day week or month
B and C
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
45. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
diet recall
essential amino acids
liver and intestinal synthesis
dietary approach to stop hypertension
46. What are healthy sources of fats?
review of systems
one week period
protein
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
47. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
pregnant women or elderly
day week or month
500 cal/day
essential amino acids
48. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
albumin levels
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
can consume more calories without weight gain
49. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
2.5 cups
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
50. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
antioxidant - immune function
trans fatty acid
transferrin
protein